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Journey to the West is one of the most influential books ever written and has inspired countless stories, but is quite obscure in the West. Caoimhe Ní Chaoimh hosts a lighthearted chapter by chapter discussion of the novel with her friend, comedian MJ Stokes. New episodes on Wednesdays.

Caoimhe Ní Chaoimh & MJ Stokes

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    #84—Four normal men selling ordinary horses sleeping zero feet apart because they're not gay

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 50:29


    We get to one of Caoimhe's favourite chapters, in which the four pilgrims decide to go into completely heterosexual business selling normal horses with the correct amount of legs and such. Links: Episode artwork by Chen Huiguan: https://web.archive.org/web/20190810053814/http://www.innerjourneytothewest.com/english/en-resource.html Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe's website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod

    #83—Bisected Guanyin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 39:24


    Today Sun Wukong threatens to sue someone and we learn of the white rodent's many sickass names. Links: Episode artwork from the 2011 TV adaptation of Journey to West. Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe's website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod

    #82—Stag Do Behaviour

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 32:02


    Wukong tries to free Tripitaka from his would-be wife. Links: Episode artwork is a photo of Xiaozhai Tiankeng from Wikimedia Commons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Xiaozhaitiankeng.jpg Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe's website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod

    #81—We Probably Aren't Going to Play Black Myth Wukong

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 32:14


    We return to the pilgrims, who are currently escorting a demon who wants to fuck Tripitaka. She also attempts to seduce a minor. Not our favourite demon. Links: How Black Myth: Wukong Developer's History of Sexism Is Complicating its Journey to the West on IGN :https://www.ign.com/articles/how-black-myth-wukong-developers-history-of-sexism-is-complicating-its-journey-to-the-west The Doctor Who liveblog thread mentioned in the epsiode: https://twitter.com/daemonsmatt/status/1825577720224370859 Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe's website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod

    #80—Unrealistic Beauty Standards

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 45:08


    Caoimhe and M.J. talk about ADHD diagnosis before having to dive into a chapter where we have to bring up kidnapping of women and rape again. Links: Episode artwork is a cast iron scuplture of Buddha's head circa 1500: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%98%8E %E9%91%84%E9%90%B5%E4%BD%9B%E9%A0%AD%E5%83%8F-Head of Buddha MET DP170188.jpg Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe's website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod

    #79—Back Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 46:22


    Caoimhe and M.J. talk about back pain, unions and at the end, fascists. We talk about some kind of book in the middle of it too? Links: Episode artwork is a Ming era acupuncture chart: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acupuncture chart, dumai (Governor Vessel), Chinese Wellcome L0037827.jpg Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe's website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod

    #78—Der Roman mit dem Affen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 36:23


    The Pilgrims arrive the the Young Master's City (né the Bhikṣu Kingdom) where they find a mass of young boys imprisoned and with their lives threatened. Links: Arcade Game: Monkey Magic (1979 Nintendo) on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wL-vWIVo4Y PET-Recycling for Die Sendung mit der Maus on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr3O5afnnMo Episode artwork is a photo of a Chinese goose taken by Daniel Ullrich and used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anser_cygnoides_dom_Hoeckergans_2.jpg Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe's website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod

    #77—Meat Head Buddha

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 31:36


    Wukong is tricked into thinking that Tripitaka is dead, but he knows who to blame: Tathāgata Buddha. Links: Episode artwork is a photo of a carving of Buddha at the Tapa Shotor monastery taken by Marek Gawęcki and used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license and photo of meat taken by Issac Gyamfi used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tapa_Shotor_seated_Buddha_(Niche_V1).jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raw_meat.png Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe's website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod

    #76—Brotherly Hatred

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 48:09


    The pilgrims face off against three brothers who get along a lot better than they do. Links: Episode artwork is this Tumblr post: https://www.tumblr.com/journeytothewestresearch/740387923787218944/my-mind-boggles-at-the-number-of-interactions-that Which is an ad for this article: https://journeytothewestresearch.com/2023/12/28/how-to-kill-sun-wukong/ Journey of the Monkey King on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod Journey of the Monkey King on the Fediverse: https://mastodon.ie/@monkeykingpod M.J. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emjaystokes Caoimhe's website: https://oakreef.ie Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/monkeykingpod

    JotMK #75 - I am so tired

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 43:30


    The podcast is taking a break till the new year.If you want to hear more of Caoimhe before the first episode of The “the Ring” Podcast is now available: https://oakreef.ie/ringIf anything goes wrong with the planned migration of this podcast it will be able to be found again at https://oakreef.ie/monkey-kingEpisode artwork is photograph of a bow drill taken by Yannick Trottier and used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Early_drill_01.jpgSubscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee. Follow this podcast on Twitter or the Fediverse, follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #74 - Monsters of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your headbands!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 38:41


    Sun Wukong teaches the monsters of the Lion Camel Ridge lessons in solidarity.Episode artwork is a modified version of the logo of Industrial Workers of the World.Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee. Follow this podcast on Twitter or the Fediverse, follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #73 - Pepsiman/Sun Wu Karen fic (w/ special guest Rita)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 48:22


    Two star crossed lovers. Will Pepsiman and Sun Wu Karen be able to make it in a world that wants them kept apart? When the restaurant only has coke will she demand to speak the manager? None of this will be answered in this episode of Journey of the Monkey King, where the pilgrims come across a Daoist abbey with connection to their latest foes. Featuring special guest Rita.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork is a picture of Pepsiman and Sun Wu Karen art made by Janet O'Keeffe.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter, follow this podcast on the Fediverse, follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee. Follow this podcast on Twitter or the Fediverse, follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #72 - It is definitely a kink thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 51:25


    We are back! This chapter the pilgrims find themselves in a sticky situation. Because of the spiderwebs. Because of the spiders. There's spiders in this one.Also Caoimhe is starting a second podcast with her friend Jen, called The “the Ring” Podcast. It's about The Ring! Those movies with the tape that kills you. The first episode is going to be released for patrons of this podcast on Halloween and publically about a month later.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork is a poster for The Cave of the Silken Web (1927).Follow MJ and this podcast on Twitter, follow this podcast on the Fediverse, follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee. Follow this podcast on Twitter or the Fediverse, follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #71 - My brother knows Wukong, met him eating peaches to make him strong

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 36:44


    We close off our story of the Scarlet-Purple Kingdom and we would be taking a holiday for a bit. Back in a few weeks or so.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork is a photo of the utility boxes outside of the Peace Park in Cork.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter, follow this podcast on the Fediverse, follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #70 - Going Without Coming

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 32:21


    We continue the story of the Scarlet Purple Kingdom, which unfortunately is going to touch on kidnapping, rape and femicide.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork is a cropped and edited photo of a stoat by  Peter Trimming under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 generic licence.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter, follow this podcast on the Fediverse, follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #69 - (Nice!) We stan a menopausal king

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 47:50


    Wukong continues to perform medical malpractice. Horse piss is involved.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.A brief article on the concept of taking a pulse using thread.Xièzhì on Wikipedia.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter, follow this podcast on the Fediverse, follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #68 - Medical malpractise

    Play Episode Play 20 sec Highlight Listen Later May 24, 2023 34:51


    The pilgrims arrive into the Scarlet-Purple Kingdom where Sun Wukong practices medicine without a license and Zhu Bajie misgenders some eunuchs.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.A brief article on the concept of taking a pulse using thread.Artwork is a depiction of Sun Simiao taking a woman's pulse with thread.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #67 - Meow

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 30:28


    The pilgrims encounter their worst obstacle yet: A mountain pass completely filled with rotting fruit.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Artwork is a cropped and edited photo of persimmons by Frank Schulenburg under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #66 - This is an organ-heavy episode.

    Play Episode Play 50 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 40:04


    Also a Discworld-heavy episode. Also a technical difficulties-heavy episode. It's got it all! Including self-disembowelment. So be aware of that.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Xuanwu on Wikipedia.Yu Xin in Wikipedia.Wuzhiqi on Wikipedia.Maitreya on Wikipedia.Artwork is a photo of a statue of Wuzhiq.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #65 - Some Monkeys Have Beaks and That's Okay

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 30:37


    Or maybe they don't. Look, we were both very tired when we recorded this.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Artwork is a cropped and edited photo of a jolly chimp toy from Wikimedia Commons user YuMaNuMa under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #64 - We just skip the main plot and do cat facts instead

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 31:56


    The pilgrims try to cross the Bramble Ridge but Tripitaka is kidnapped by some vogon ents.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Monk's Spade on Wikipedia, again.Artwork is Yan Huaili as Sha Wujing carrying said spade in the 1986 adaptation by China Central Television.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    Patreon Bonus Preview - Dragon Ball w/ Jen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 6:02


    A clip from out Patreon bonus episode where Caoimhe invites her friend Jen on to talk about Dragon Ball. Subscribe to MonkeyKingPod on Patreon to hear the full thing.

    JotMK #63 - Nine heads are better than none

    Play Episode Play 31 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 37:06


    Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie decide to mutilate some prisoners to send a message to the All Saints Dragon King and Nine-Heads, who does, in fact, have nine heads.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Monk's Spade on Wikipedia.Episode artwork from A Modern Journey to the West by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #62 - The Benbo Kingdom of Drinking Games

    Play Episode Play 46 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 32:42


    The pilgrims make their way to the Sacrifice Kingdom, where MJ sacrifices their innocence and learns that the Hogfather is not actually a hog.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Cangue on Wikipedia.Episode artwork is a photograph of a man in a cangue, photographed by John Thomson.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #61 - Brainstorming future bull-related projects

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 8, 2023 41:50


    We can finally put all this bull behind us as Wukong recovers the palm-leaf fan and puts out the Mountain of Flames.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.You can see Elementaller at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin on the 11th and 12th of February.Táin Bó Cúailnge on Wikipedia.Episode artwork is Shuming Lu as the Bull Demon King in A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram, and check out Caoimhe's website.

    JotMK #60 - Happy Year of the Rabbit

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 52:55


    We are back and continue the story of Lady Iron-Fan and the Bull Demon King.The chapter has a lot of misogynistic language, drunkenness and a character tricking another into thinking they're their spouse.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.You can see Elementaller at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin on the 11th and 12th of February.You can find Caoimhe's gallery website at oakreef.ieYou can read the Transy comics here and here.Episode artwork is a Tang dynasty bronze mirror.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #59 - It's not a plot hole!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022 25:51


    The pilgrims come across a mountain that is four hundred kilometres across and always on fire that proves to be something of an obstacle to progress, so Sun Wukong goes to ask his sister-in-law for help.We'll be taking a break for a bit after this episode but we'll be back in a few weeks.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Rākṣasa on Wikipedia. Rākṣasī is the feminine form.Pronunciation of rākṣasa and rākṣasī.Episode artwork is a photo of some dim sum.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #58 - Highly targetted parasocial relationships

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 24:56


    Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing investigate the imposter Pilgrim, but Wujing doesn't know which one to shoot!Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Pussy on the Online Etymology Dictionary.Episode artwork is J.J. Fong as the Librarian from The New Legends of Monkey.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #57 - Sus

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 36:49


    Wukong is banished, but comes back angry and jealous. But perhaps there's something a bit sus about him.This episode features the torture headband and monkey cannibalism.Amogus.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Platforms in the Dublin Fringe Festival, featuring MJ.Episode artwork is an edit of an image originally from WTMMP.Léigōng on Wikipedia.Raikou on Bulbapedia.Bad Book Bash from Betsy Speer.Clashmore, the novel that Caoimhe transcribed for some reason.The things Caoimhe is complaining about coming out in quick succession: Ducks by Kate Beaton and the games Freedom Planet 2 and Spark the Electric Jester 3.Sadako vs. Kayako, the The Ring versus The Grudge film that Caoimhe mentioned.While I'm throwing in a million links here's one to the Wikipedia page for The Ring: Terror's Realm as well.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #56 - A horse, a Yakṣa and a Léigōng walk into a bar

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 30:51


    The pilgrims are out of the women's country, but some resentment might be starting to set in, and the torture headband comes out again.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork is a section of a painting of Marshal Wang depicting a Leigong, which Caoimhe thinks is probably the type of thunder god that Wukong gets described as looking like.Pater familias, the Roman patriarch of the household, on Wikipedia.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #55 - This is not a place of lovemaking

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 29:02


    Tripitaka has been kidnapped by a demoness who's a real maneater. No not like that. Well, yes, actually, like that. But also in the other way.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork is Zhao Wenqi as as the scorpion demon and Nie Yuan as Tripitaka in the 2011 Journey to the West television adaptation broadcast by TVS Television.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #54 - This man has never cum

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 22:27


    The pilgrims make their way to the capital of the Women State and Tripitaka faces a threat not to his life, but to his chastity. Will he cum? There is only one way to find out.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork by Chen Huiguan.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #53 - The MPreg episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 42:56


    You read the title correctly.This episode was recorded before the United States Supreme Court struck down the Roe vs. Wade ruling.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Silphium on Wikipedia.Omegaverse on Wikipedia.Thomas Beatie on Wikipedia.Women on Web.An article on people still travelling from Ireland to Britain to access abortions.Episode artwork is a poster for The Monkey King 3.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #52 - I don't know what you were expecting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 37:16


    Wukong is going to need to go the the very top for help with the One-Horned Buffalo. No, not Guanyin. The very top.The episode has some brief mentions of slavery and cruelty, and the torture headband gets brought up again in passing.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.The novel Clashmore can be found on the Internet Archive.An article about the Macroom buffalo heard being stolen.Episode artwork is a painting of Laozi on a buffalo by Igarashi Shunmel and a photograph of Tramore.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #51 - 50 monkeys getting sucked off

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 27:46


    Warning for brief mention of rape and discrimination against intersex people in an aside about the novel Ring between about 6:30 and 9:45.Sun Wukong's rod has been stolen by the Great One-Horned Buffalo's magical fillet and he's going to need to enlist the help of some old enemies.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork by Chen Huiguan.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #50 - The Midway Point

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 30:16


    We are officially half way through the book!

    JotMK #49 - That's why his hair is so big: It's full of soldiers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 35:52


    What type of creature is The Great King of Numinous Power? M.J. thinks he might be a crocodile, or maybe a newt. Guanyin will help the pilgrims find out.Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork is a Ming Dynasty portrait of Guanyin with Fish Basket.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #48 - Chen to the Bottom

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 41:51


    After having his child sacrifices taken away by the pilgrims, The Great King of Numinous Power decides to set his sights on a new meal. I don't think you need to be told who at this point. He wants to eat Tripitaka. They all want to eat Tripitaka.This episode also contains spoilers for Riverdale I guess.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1994) fansub mentioned in the episode.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    Patreon Bonus Preview - The Great Tang Records of the Western Regions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 2:11


    A preview of our Patreon bonus episode where we read some of Xuanzang's travelogue written after his return to China featuring one of the more gruesome folk tales recorded in the book. Get access to the full episode by subscribing on Patreon.

    JotMK #47 - Is child sacrifice technically child murder?

    Play Episode Play 33 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 32:42


    The pilgrims find themselves in a town at the mercy of a cruel local god who demands child sacrifice, but Sun Wukong is here to help and so is Zhu Bajie whether he likes it or not.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.You can find Hysteria Comedy on Twitter, Instagram and Event Brite. Episode artwork by Chen Huiguan.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #46 - Don't challenge an immortal monkey to any fights that involve doing yourself grievous body harm

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 41:13


    Just as the pilgrims are about to be allowed to leave the Cart Slow Kingdom, Sun Wukong suddenly faces the one challenge he is incapable of winning.This episode contains some very gruesome deaths, including decapitation, disembowelment and boiling oil. It also features biting insects. None of those are the the challenges Wukong can't win though. Those are very easy challenges for him.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.You can find Hysteria Comedy on Twitter, Instagram and Event Brite. Their next show is Token Straight on Friday in Sin É in Dublin.Episode artwork by Chen Huiguan.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.We'll be taking a break from the podcast for a bit but we'll be back in the new year.

    JotMK #45 - That's right, big smile. Everybody's happy.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 28:11


    To prove their worth to the king of the Cart Slow Kingdom the pilgrims are asked to make it rain (literally).This episode contains people getting tricked into drinking urine.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork is the Simpsons. I don't think I need to link to this one.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #44 - This podcast is now just about Caoimhe's cat

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 37:51


    The pilgrims make their way to the Cart Slow Kingdom, where Buddhist monks have been made slaves of Daoists and Wukong has been declared their saviour.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork is a photo of Caoimhe's cat, Easóg.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter and follow MJ on Instagram.

    JotMK #43 - Fish nepotism and character development

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 46:14


    Red Boy dealt with, the pilgrims face difficulty trying to cross the Black River.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork is a Ming Dynasty statue.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter, follow MJ on Instagram and follow Caoimhe on the Fediverse.

    JotMK #42 - [Insert Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference here]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 34:41


    Guanyin finds out that Red Boy was impersonating her and she is not best pleased.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Episode artwork is by Aleksis Shi.Aleksis Shi on Twitter.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter, follow MJ on Instagram and follow Caoimhe on the Fediverse.

    JotMK discussion with Journey to the West: The Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 82:42


    MJ and Caoimhe appeared on Journey to the West: The Podcast with Richard Tseng and James Young  and had a lovely discussion about the novel. We will resume our normal Sun Wu-content in the next episode.Journey to the West: The Podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts and Twitter.

    JotMK #41 - Cuttlefish commander, sturgeon sergeant

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 26:05


    Sun Wukong gets his arse kicked for once when Red Boy doesn't believe that Pilgrim Sun used to be mates with his dad. Can Zhu Bajie fill his shoes? No. Obviously not.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Wuxing (or the five phases) on Wikipedia.Episode artwork is a photograph of statues of the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas from the Great Temple of Mazu in Tainan.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter, follow MJ on Instagram and follow Caoimhe on the Fediverse.

    JotMK Patreon Bonus Episode Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 3:14


    We have a Patreon now! Please support us. Subscribers get new episodes as soon as they're done and if you subscribe at the €3 tier you will get a bonus audio commentary track for the first episode of BBC's Monkey. Here's a preview of it. Or, if you don't want to set up a recurring subscription, just buy us a coffee.https://www.patreon.com/monkeykingpod

    JotMK #40 - We are technically done with child murder

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 35:24


    We have a Patreon now! Please support us. Or, if you don't want to set up a recurring subscription, just buy us a coffee.After leaving the Black Rooster Kingdom behind, Sun Wukong starts to get fed up at Tripitaka not heeding his warnings.This episode does not technically contain child murder, but does feature a monster disguised as a child that is very violently attacked. Murder and kidnapping is also mentioned. So is vaccine scepticism.Links:Subscribe to our Patreon or buy us a coffee.Rakshasha on Wikipedia.Samādhi on Wikipedia.Episode artwork is a painting from the Long Corridor at the Summer Palace in Beijing.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter, follow MJ on Instagram and follow Caoimhe on the Fediverse.

    JotMK #39 - Your Kingdom Ain't S***

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 25:02


    Who can Wukong turn to try and bring the king of the Black Rooster Kingdom back from the dead? Someone who's annoyed at him for a lot of wasted charcoal.This episodes has mentions of cannibalism, rape by deception, gelding of an animal/animal spirit and use of the corporal punishment headband.Links:Blue–green distinction in language and Linguistic relativity and the colour naming debate on Wikipedia.Mañjuśrī on Wikipedia.Episode artwork is a painting of Mañjuśrī from the Yulin Caves, Gansu, China.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter, follow MJ on Instagram and follow Caoimhe on the Fediverse.

    JotMK #38 - My dad would definitely still be ****ing if he was alive

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 27:20


    The prince of the black rooster kingdom, investigating the claims made by Sun Wukong, makes enquiries about his parents' sex life.This episode features animal cruelty and mass animal death as well as corporal punishment.Links:Episode artwork by Chen Huiguan.Follow Caoimhe, MJ and this podcast on Twitter, follow MJ on Instagram and follow Caoimhe on the Fediverse.

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